Nigerian Bros Purchased the Rope Found Around Jussie Smollett’s Neck From Ace Hardware

GP ^ | February 16, 2019 | Cristina Laila

[Hojczyk]

BREAKING NEWS.

Fox 32 reporter Rafer Weigel said Saturday afternoon that Chicago police sources confirmed detectives were able to show that the Nigerian brothers who were “persons of interest” and questioned by police, bought the rope found around Jussie Smollett’s neck at Ace hardware.

Jussie Smollett alleged two white Trump supporters violently attacked him at 2 AM in the streets of Chicago when he was walking home from Subway with a sandwich in his hand.

Smollett told police the attackers were white and hurled homophobic and racial slurs at him while they beat him, poured bleach on him then put a noose around his neck.

Strangely, Mr. Smollett still had the rope around his neck when the police arrived to his apartment to take a report of the attack.

According to Rafer Weigel, the Nigerian brothers agreed to cooperate with police after the police threatened to charge them with battery.

“There are unconfirmed reports that Smollett paid the two brothers to perform the alleged scheme,” Rafer Weigel reported.

[ETCM]

Being a victim is the ultimate status symbol among the left. But how can you be a victim when you are a 1%er, hobnobbing with the stars in the most elite social circles in an environment where you are so safe that you have no hope of ever achieving victim status?

Poor Jussie was never going to live the New American Dream! His intersectionality was being limited! The only way to advance to a higher level was to become a victim! He had no other choice!

[Steve_Seattle]

Thanks. Gateway Pundit can be dubious at times, but we’ll see how this plays out. I had earlier guessed that the Nigerians might have bought the rope, not knowing what it was going to be used for.

[dragnet2]

I'd bet a cup of coffee when the brothers were arrested they found an Ace Hardware receipt in their possession. Or the cops went to the local Ace Hardware and were given an invoice with paper trail of their purchase, or a video existed of them purchasing it. ☺

[PGR88]

My question - why did they return to the USA?

Surely someone told them how this case had turned into national news and police investigation. So why return to USA to face possible arrest and prosecution?

Did Smollett’s check not clear? Did police contact then in Nigeria? Did they reach out to police? Copping a plea to protect their green cards?

[GraceG]

Intentionally FAKING a hate crime should carry 2X the penalty of the accused fake hate crime...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Conspiracy to whatever

[conservative98]

ACE is the place for all your hate crime hoax supplies!

[atc23]

i didn’t know that Subway was open 24 hours, did you? I’m a fan of the toasted Italian BMT with the works on jalapeño cheddar bread. I usually just get the combo as I like having harvest cheddar chips and a Dr Pepper.

I must say (for the upteenth time) though that liberals are the stupidest people on gods green earf. As if anyone but a 4 year old would believe this tale of “hate”. And guess what? A week won’t go by before another anti Trump fantasist makes up another FALSE tale of woe and the mainstream lamestream will fall for it again

[HiTech RedNeck]

Did they figure that they’d be in deeper dutch in Nigeria than here?

[laweeks]

Does he get charged with false report a hate crime?

And if not, why not?

[SFConservative]

Well, it was the middle of the night and dark. Maybe the Nigerian brothers looked white to Smollett in the poor light.

Maybe they were wearing whiteface.

[rktman]

We’ll, as long as he’s a loyal Trump hater, he’s good to go. ZEEEE-row consequence. ‘Specially since the DOH-j is soooooo bizzy investigating PDJT.

[traderrob6]

“Staging” a false hate crime SHOULD be considered a hate crime!

[Liz]

These guys are so stupid......there are cameras all over the place.

Cops must have tapes of them paying for the rope at the checkout counter.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Letters cut out of a magazine and glued to a note?"

That idea goes all the way back to the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

[Leaning Right]

> Nigerian redneck MAGA supporters must be stopped! <

And their Ace Hardware racist enablers must be punished! So I am calling for a boycott of all Ace hardware stores, at least until they stop selling rope. Ace is a racist place!

[BobL]

“Nigerian Bros Purchased the Rope Found Around Jussie Smollett’s Neck From Ace Hardware”

Media Reaction: Why is Ace Hardware selling the tools of White Supremacy?

[howlinhound]

“The noose is TIGHTENING, and not a MAGA person in sight..”

The ol’ rope-a-dope trick!

[Qiviut]

Great link - thanks!

Here’s an article that appeared on CWBChicago that has some good info:

2 OUT, SMOLLETT AT THE PLATE: Lakeview brothers released by cops and feds as all eyes turn to Jussie
https://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/02/2-out-smollett-at-plate-lakeview.html

Also from the CWBChicago twitter link, they are following a reporter who also has some good investigative info:

https://twitter.com/RaferWeigel

[Sarah Barracuda]

They let the brothers go because they didnt commit an actual crime. Being PAID to do something isnt a crime. It would be like if I told you to hit me and you got arrested, if I told you to hit me that’s not a crime..and the nigerian brothers sang like canaries to the cops they told them EVERYTHING